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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
447 AM EDT WED MAY 8 2024
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SOUTHEAST WEBSTER WV-NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS WV-NORTHWEST WEBSTER WV-
NORTHWEST NICHOLAS WV-BRAXTON WV-SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH WV-
447 AM EDT WED MAY 8 2024
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH
WEST
CENTRAL POCAHONTAS...NORTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS...SOUTHEASTERN BRAXTON
AND WEBSTER COUNTIES THROUGH 515 AM EDT...
AT 446 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES EAST OF BIRCH RIVER, OR 9 MILES WEST OF WEBSTER SPRINGS, MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEBSTER SPRINGS, ADDISON (WEBSTER SPRINGS), MINGO, COWEN, DIANA,
MONTERVILLE, SLATY FORK, UPPER GLADE, WANETA, BOGGS, VALLEY HEAD,
BERGOO, CENTRALIA, AND ERBACON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3830 8010 3827 8015 3844 8077 3865 8064
3859 7992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0846Z 284DEG 48KT 3851 8059
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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